Notes: As the mind of the yogi becomes increasingly regulated and contained, his connection with the self becomes increasingly constant. Disconnection results from the distracting outflows of the unregulated mind. The pristine self exists independent of an external context, as a transcendent and ever-accessible reality. Therefore, in all places, and at all times, the yogi may abide in connection — not only when seated in concentrated solitude. Such perpetual connection leads to the peace of the supreme subsiding (nirvāṇa). Impure outflows run dry in the absence of their generative fountain — the flame of craving snuffs out in lack of fuel. Where the impure heat and light of fractured desire no longer burn and blind the yogi, he ascends and transcends into the quiescence of absolute union.